Patents

US 10956981 B1: Systems and methods for visualizing an accident scene

Granted
2021-03-23
Filed
2017-04-07 application 15482061
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for annotating and visualizing a damage scene. In various aspects, one or more immersive multimedia images are generated and associated with a damage scene. The immersive multimedia image(s) may be augmented with annotation(s) to create annotated immersive multimedia image(s). The annotated immersive multimedia image(s) may be visualized using a using a virtual reality (VR) device, where the damage scene and the annotation(s) of the annotated immersive multimedia image(s) can be viewed via the VR device.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210323.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patentsUS company or organizationBloomington, ILSTATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Brian Mark FieldsNormal, IL287PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Lee Marvin John AssamEl Paso, IL27PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided forG06Q40/08PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G06TImage data processing or generation, in generalG06T11/00PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. televisionH04N23/698PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2017-04-07Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
FIELDS, BRIAN MARK signed 2017-03-30
ASSAM, LEE MARVIN JOHN signed 2017-04-05
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL41932/612ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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